Ancient Prosthetic: Discovery of a 1,500-Year-Old Artificial Foot from the Frankish Period. #ancie..

When excavating beside a medieval church in southern Austria in 2013, archaeologists discovered a burial.
It held the remains of a man who had been buried between AD 536 and 600 and was between 35 and 50 years old.
He was recognized as a member of the Franks, a group of Germanic tribes, by artifacts found inside the grave.
The man wore an artificial foot.
The left foot is one of the earliest prosthetic limbs found in Europe, dating back 1,500 years.
It was made of wood with an iron ring incorporated into the design.
Evidence of abrasion and deterioration demonstrated that the foot
He lost the lower portion of his leg and foot, but the repaired bone indicated that he lived for at least a further two years after the amputation.